[Manna - May 10]
Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Psalm 23:5
THE fulness of the cup, running over, has a double
significance.
It is a cup of joy and a cup of sorrow,
and in both respects it overflows.
He who would partake
of the joys of the Lord must also partake of His
cup of suffering; we must suffer with Him if we would
reign with Him.
But we count the sufferings of this
present time as not worthy to be compared with the
glories that shall be revealed in us, and hence we are
enabled to rejoice in tribulation, so that as the tribulations
will overflow the rejoicing likewise overflows,
and with the apostle we can say, Rejoice, and again
I say Rejoice! Z.'03-413 R3270:4